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no word evokes fear and dread in washington like "watergate." but some on capitol hill are using that word in their call for special hearings on the benghazi attack. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the latest. >> reporter: some republicans are saying deaths in benghazi are on scale with the same controversies in history. >> watergat and iran can tra benefited from a select committee. finding the truth about benghazi is only possible if you combine resources of the three committees and do in a professional manner. >> reporter: the republican proposal would bring together the senate intelligence armed services and foreign relations committee as the investigation now has at least three lines of inquiry. question of culpability of secretary clinton a her department. >> we know there were cables request made from the state department officials asking for enhanced security. and so, that is why you can see where this investigation has to be looked at in a complete fashion rather than stove pipe. >> there are the administration's
no word evokes fear and dread in washington like "watergate." but some on capitol hill are using that word in their call for special hearings on the benghazi attack. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the latest. >> reporter: some republicans are saying deaths in benghazi are on scale with the same controversies in history. >> watergat and iran can tra benefited from a select committee. finding the truth about benghazi is only possible if you combine...
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joins us from washington. senator, i heard you with chris wallace and i watched your briefing and i know this is a lot of stuff you can't talk about because it was closed and all that. i'm a simple man. i'm going to walk through it with you. on september 14, c.i.a. chief david petraeus made a statement that indicated it was a spontaneous demonstration caused by a crazy videotape. that was echoed by the u.n. ambassador, susan rice. all right? that's what happened. yet cables from the c.i.a. out of tripoli, libya, say the day after it was a terrorist attack, an organized terrorist attack with heavy weaponry. so you got your own c.i.a. chief contradicting his guys in libya. am i accurate so far? >> well, you're right. the director petraeus did say a couple of days later that based on the information they had, that they thought that this was an act of violence that arose out of a protest. >> bill: okay. but that's impossible -- >> that is what he said. >> bill: yeah. but that's impossible because the cables that f
joins us from washington. senator, i heard you with chris wallace and i watched your briefing and i know this is a lot of stuff you can't talk about because it was closed and all that. i'm a simple man. i'm going to walk through it with you. on september 14, c.i.a. chief david petraeus made a statement that indicated it was a spontaneous demonstration caused by a crazy videotape. that was echoed by the u.n. ambassador, susan rice. all right? that's what happened. yet cables from the c.i.a. out...
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chief washington correspondent james rosen tells us how it went. >> with that, we're going to get to work. >> the president hosting leaders from both parties and chambers of congress at the roosevelt room and appears to be sticking to his guns on taxes for higher income earningsers, own obliquely reining in entitlement spending. >> my hope is this going to be the beginning of a fruitful process where we're able to come to an agreement that will reduce our deficit, in a balanced way, that we will deal with some of these long-term impediments to growth. >> after the hour long session, republicans said nothing to signal acquiescence in any tax bracket and insisting higher revenues can come from the closure of tax loopholes. to show our seriousness, we put revenue on the table as long as it's accompanied by significant spending cuts. >> you can't save the country until you have entitlement programs that fit the demographics of the changing america in the coming years. >> a house g.o.p. leadership aid told fox news tax and entitlement reform are too complex for this year. lawmakers will t
chief washington correspondent james rosen tells us how it went. >> with that, we're going to get to work. >> the president hosting leaders from both parties and chambers of congress at the roosevelt room and appears to be sticking to his guns on taxes for higher income earningsers, own obliquely reining in entitlement spending. >> my hope is this going to be the beginning of a fruitful process where we're able to come to an agreement that will reduce our deficit, in a...
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ohio, new york, in washington. because you are in ohio, byron, i have to get your thoughts on ohio tonight. >> this came back from a rally the president obama held the university cincinnati campus. they got 50,000 people really enclues i can't say tick. i would have to say having gone to the mitt romney rally bigger one on friday night in the cincinnati area this one tonight it is hard to see any gap between the parties in terms of enthusiasm. >> voter irregularities are we going to have a problem? >> we have gotten off to an unfavorable start with some of the issues going on right now. there is always one state razor thin. doesn't happen to be critical in the election. if it is we are talking about a messy end game for all of this. a lot of issues around absentee ballots, ohio in particular things could last quite a twiel: it is good we cannage knock things on the front end before tuesday. >> in ohio the race if it is really close in ohio, ohio doesn't vote at expected 200,000 provisional ballots. if it's close we
ohio, new york, in washington. because you are in ohio, byron, i have to get your thoughts on ohio tonight. >> this came back from a rally the president obama held the university cincinnati campus. they got 50,000 people really enclues i can't say tick. i would have to say having gone to the mitt romney rally bigger one on friday night in the cincinnati area this one tonight it is hard to see any gap between the parties in terms of enthusiasm. >> voter irregularities are we going to...
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bob woodward from the "washington post." as well as the author of a new book "the price of politics." kimberly strassal of the "wall street journal." charles lane from the "washington post" also. i think we'd all agree when militants are raining missiles down on your country, any government is going to defend themselves. a fab weeks ago this was longer and messier and thousands of people were killed. how tough a call for netanyahu to go in on the ground for gaza? >> they would prefer not to go in on the ground. the big difference this time is the obama administration that began to distance itself from israel. first term supporting israel. that is an interesting evolution on obama. hopeful one. >> chris: there are other differences, too. hamas has longer range missiles. middle east is different from 2012 of the middle east of 2008. the arab spring. run by the leaders of the muslim brotherhood. what are the challenges for israel and the u.s. now? >> if you look at the foreign policy portfolio that obama is facing. we still hav
bob woodward from the "washington post." as well as the author of a new book "the price of politics." kimberly strassal of the "wall street journal." charles lane from the "washington post" also. i think we'd all agree when militants are raining missiles down on your country, any government is going to defend themselves. a fab weeks ago this was longer and messier and thousands of people were killed. how tough a call for netanyahu to go in on the ground...
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than president. >> how about four more years of gridlock in washington? >> no! >> governor romney's wife ann campaigning alone joining him tomorrow for the final stretch. >> women have been coming up to me and saying please help. women. women are saying we're hurting, all the voices of the americans are out there that need help. the only thing i can tell them is help is on the way. >> three new races show tied in new hampshire where romney has vacation home, and wisconsin, paul ryan's home state and iowa where president leads by six. democrats warn it's closer than that. in colorado, romney has the edge. 50-47. within the rasmussen margin of error. even the ground game to get out the vote looks like a tossup. the latest pew research study says across the country obama campaign reached 11% of likely voters. only 10% for the romney campaign. look at the swing state. the romney campaign has an edge to reach 14% of likely voters, only 13 from the obama camp. >> bret: carl, thank you. president obama switching things up a bit. for the final push. chief white h
than president. >> how about four more years of gridlock in washington? >> no! >> governor romney's wife ann campaigning alone joining him tomorrow for the final stretch. >> women have been coming up to me and saying please help. women. women are saying we're hurting, all the voices of the americans are out there that need help. the only thing i can tell them is help is on the way. >> three new races show tied in new hampshire where romney has vacation home, and...
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. >> hello again from fox news in washington. we will talk with our guests in a moment but first an update on the tense military situation on the israel-gaza border. fox news correspondent leland is on the scene with the latest. >> chris, this there is no question this is a country on the brink of war. behind me or the tanks and armor personnel, waiting for the order to head into the gaza strip because the air strikes certainly have not stopped the rockets. they continue to fall all around israel. the iron dome intercept add number of rockets today but there have been a dozen israelis injured on the attacks. on the gaza side of the border the israeli air strikes have continued pounding away for the fifth straight day. so far at least 70 palestinians dead, many of those civilians and a number of children. israelis officials say they have hit 1,000 targets so far and flat end much. hamas's infrastructure, including a pro hamas television station. the ground war is just getting ready. bulldozers are moving into fighting position. so
. >> hello again from fox news in washington. we will talk with our guests in a moment but first an update on the tense military situation on the israel-gaza border. fox news correspondent leland is on the scene with the latest. >> chris, this there is no question this is a country on the brink of war. behind me or the tanks and armor personnel, waiting for the order to head into the gaza strip because the air strikes certainly have not stopped the rockets. they continue to fall all...
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washington does develop deadline-itis. >> greta: we are at the deadline. we have been at the deadline for six months. everybody's known about it for a year and-a-half. >> but they were all campaigning. i think it does at the very least look bad and allows the republicans to say, we are here, we are ready to work with the president, if he would just come home. >> greta: michael? >> both have made the point there is deadline-itis. everyone knows it's going to have tohappen at the last minute. we may decry it and think it's terrible and the congress and the political system are like a college kid who crams the night before the exam. s s that that's the way it is. i don't think the president minds. we don't plummet drg directly off a cliff. it is not like the tax cuts come crashing and some somebody's pounding on your door saying, you owe the government thens of theres. tell spread out over time. so if this goes into 2013, the economy won't crater. it is not a ridiculous trip. we have a strategic interest in containing china. this is about china. >> greta: he
washington does develop deadline-itis. >> greta: we are at the deadline. we have been at the deadline for six months. everybody's known about it for a year and-a-half. >> but they were all campaigning. i think it does at the very least look bad and allows the republicans to say, we are here, we are ready to work with the president, if he would just come home. >> greta: michael? >> both have made the point there is deadline-itis. everyone knows it's going to have tohappen...
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and in the washington post, i believe, petraeus was at odds with his bosses, prior to this because he felt that the intelligence community was being portrayed in an unfavorable light and he wanted to correct that record. apparently, there was conflict there. now, he also knows that the administration knew about the affair, but then the president's saying, i didn't know until two days after the election. but eric holier knew all summer -- >> meanwhile, obam's meeting with petraeus every day as the head of the cia, while petraeus is under investigation for having been possibly compromised. for some reason, eric holder does not tell the president -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: are you kidding me?! >> this is a president that sits down with the cabinet, he is not in control of his own government. if there is some information that could be used against the director of the cia to extract information to help foreign national, the president should have been the first person to know. there is a lie or a coverup here. >> sean: we have four dead american, the first ambassador killed in 30 ye
and in the washington post, i believe, petraeus was at odds with his bosses, prior to this because he felt that the intelligence community was being portrayed in an unfavorable light and he wanted to correct that record. apparently, there was conflict there. now, he also knows that the administration knew about the affair, but then the president's saying, i didn't know until two days after the election. but eric holier knew all summer -- >> meanwhile, obam's meeting with petraeus every...
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we know that things move slowly in washington, d.c. i think that is one element. if you couple this with the fact that 9/11 anniversary and couple that with the statement, videotape was somehow responsible. what you see is that is completely undercut. this cable says that the militias and al-qaeda are here. we essentially think we are next. to so to take this attack and suggest for such a long period of time it was a video when you have classified cable in the intelligence, it doesn't match up. >> greta: why aren't we getting much information out of the administration? is it in part because of the c.i.a. or situation where they are trying to cover mistakes? >> i believe they are trying to have a real investigation. i believe that we are also in the middle of something called an election and the final days. what i see is a growing body of evidence that the state department has can you please pa built for the death of ambassador and three americans. the warnings were specific. they were direct. they named the enemy, and they said this consulate needed more support.
we know that things move slowly in washington, d.c. i think that is one element. if you couple this with the fact that 9/11 anniversary and couple that with the statement, videotape was somehow responsible. what you see is that is completely undercut. this cable says that the militias and al-qaeda are here. we essentially think we are next. to so to take this attack and suggest for such a long period of time it was a video when you have classified cable in the intelligence, it doesn't match up....
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it's the sex scandal that rocked washington. ahead of important hearings on capitol hill. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. the unfair that untanned c.i.a. career of general david petraeus and the assassination of a u.s. ambassador and three others in cincinnati bengals. the former is a story that is changing by the minute. while the latter is being seen in a new light ahead of congressional hearings. we have fox team coverage tonight. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge looks at the matc machinations on capitol hill, and who knew what when. but first, jennifer griffin untangles the complicated relationships here. there are a lot of them. good evening. >> good evening, bret. in the military they call this literal damagcollateral damage. as of monday, c.i.a. director resigned over affair with his biographer. today we learn the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is implicated in the scandal as well as unnamed f.b.i. official who was taken off the case for becoming too involve involved. david petraeus's paramour seen in pu
it's the sex scandal that rocked washington. ahead of important hearings on capitol hill. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. the unfair that untanned c.i.a. career of general david petraeus and the assassination of a u.s. ambassador and three others in cincinnati bengals. the former is a story that is changing by the minute. while the latter is being seen in a new light ahead of congressional hearings. we have fox team coverage tonight....
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you have during the time of the attacks, the people were memoing or emailing back to washington -- it's a phony story -- the question is, why do a phony story? >> greta: why do you do a phony story when four americans are dead? >> because you don't want to be held accountable. >> greta: that's appalling. if that's the reason. that's why it's so important that petraeus when he testifies, everybody, let's get the straight story out itch let's take a look at the department of state. they get request after request, we are in real trouble. al qaeda's all over the place. the british ambassador is gone, the wish guys are gone. have you all of that at the state department and you didn't done a thing to send out more security and, boom! these four folks are dead because you didn't act! >> greta: you know what, you have to have the honor to say, here's where things fell apart. this is what we know -- >> that's exactly -- >> greta: you don't tell something that is silly, like it's a video and keep pushing -- whoever is telling the video story. >> that's exactly. that's exactly the point. why did t
you have during the time of the attacks, the people were memoing or emailing back to washington -- it's a phony story -- the question is, why do a phony story? >> greta: why do you do a phony story when four americans are dead? >> because you don't want to be held accountable. >> greta: that's appalling. if that's the reason. that's why it's so important that petraeus when he testifies, everybody, let's get the straight story out itch let's take a look at the department of...
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the night of the attack they told washington, we are under attack. this is al-qaeda coordinated attack. i want to hear from general petraeus about what he knew before, during and after the attack. there is no substitute for his testimony. >> greta: what is your theory as to why on the 15th that even station chief had said there was terrorism that he came and told the story about the video and the spontaneous protests. what in the world would possess him to say that? >> i don't know. i think every american needs to understand why general petraeus told committee members behind closed doors this was a mob spawned by a video. we know why susan rice told the whole world what she did. >> would you filibuster any effort if they try to make susan rice as secretary of state? >> i am not going to promote anyone that is involved in benghazi disaster. >> greta: is that a yes to filibuster? >> i do don't want to get ahead of myself. she said on the 15th of september, what she said makes no sense. she was very uninformed or she was misleading. i can't see any circ
the night of the attack they told washington, we are under attack. this is al-qaeda coordinated attack. i want to hear from general petraeus about what he knew before, during and after the attack. there is no substitute for his testimony. >> greta: what is your theory as to why on the 15th that even station chief had said there was terrorism that he came and told the story about the video and the spontaneous protests. what in the world would possess him to say that? >> i don't know....
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you don't want him to be re-elected, and you chuckle -- what happens when everyone convenes back in washington? >> i think that would depend on obama. you know, obama, something he has not shown at all yet, obama would have to be willing to actually listen. now whether or not he has the capacity to, john boehner will be the speaker of the house, period, that's done. it's over. so is he going to sit down and listen to boehner or just go through some tracksal bologna meeting? will he talk with conservatives or just lecture them? we have no evidence as of today that barack obama is capable of listening to anybody who doesn't agree with him >> he says the other way around, that the republicans decided that he was going to be a one term president and they would say no to everything he said. >> sure. the question is i said, is he willing to listen. the question is, come in and say, hi, i am going to ram through everything i want and use harry reid to block everything you want. if you listen to him on the stump, anybody who agrees with me, i'll work with. well, he ain't going to get very far with tha
you don't want him to be re-elected, and you chuckle -- what happens when everyone convenes back in washington? >> i think that would depend on obama. you know, obama, something he has not shown at all yet, obama would have to be willing to actually listen. now whether or not he has the capacity to, john boehner will be the speaker of the house, period, that's done. it's over. so is he going to sit down and listen to boehner or just go through some tracksal bologna meeting? will he talk...
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. >> sean: tonight rumors are circulating in washington about key replacements that president obama is considering making. you won't believe the list they have in mind. according to a report in the washington post, senator john kerry could be reporting duty as defense secretary. obama's bungling chief terrorism advisor john brennan is going to replace general petraeus. samantha power is considering as ambassador. but susan rice could be the next secretary of state. yes the same susan rice who made the rounds on the sunday shows just days after the benghazi terrorist attack and said this. >> this was not a preplanned attack. what happened initially it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. our current assessment what happened in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had transpired hours before in cairo, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in cairo which were prompted, of course, by the video. >> sean: good luck explaining that at confirmation hearing. white house was asked about it. >
. >> sean: tonight rumors are circulating in washington about key replacements that president obama is considering making. you won't believe the list they have in mind. according to a report in the washington post, senator john kerry could be reporting duty as defense secretary. obama's bungling chief terrorism advisor john brennan is going to replace general petraeus. samantha power is considering as ambassador. but susan rice could be the next secretary of state. yes the same susan rice...
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describing it as a terror attack for weeks, even though a terror group took credit for it immediately and washington was informed of that. how come i could figure out in few minutes it was a terror attack and he couldn't figure it out for two weeks? because they are covering up, they are lying, and they wanted to create the narrative that libya was fine, they had defeated al-qaeda and this was going to interfere with his political narrative. same problem with the hurricane. his political agenda trumps. >> who is going to win tomorrow? >> i think romney. and i think pennsylvania. he will have a two or three state margin. that's what i think. god billing. >> i have been through this once or twice. >> an awful lot rides on this for america, for our country. >> we will analyze all of that. mr. mayor, good to see you. thank you. >> we have a busy show tonight. we will get the inside scoop from the romney campaign advisor. and also senator marco rubio. and dick morrison, is he staning by his prediction? if you are still unsure how you are casting your ballot tomorrow we will unavailable the president's re
describing it as a terror attack for weeks, even though a terror group took credit for it immediately and washington was informed of that. how come i could figure out in few minutes it was a terror attack and he couldn't figure it out for two weeks? because they are covering up, they are lying, and they wanted to create the narrative that libya was fine, they had defeated al-qaeda and this was going to interfere with his political narrative. same problem with the hurricane. his political agenda...
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if i'm in the washington press corps you know this press conference is a lot different than that because i basically say, mr. president, i'm a simple man, you know, i always start it with that to be humble. when did you know about -- president, when did you know about cia cia director petraeus' situation. what day? what hour did you know? if he dose it's under investigation i can't tell you. i go oh phooey phooey. that doesn't impede on any investigation. it's a question between bill and barack? when did you know? what day? could you tell us that? and then what is he going to do then? oh, ---then he looks foolish if he doesn't say. he says well, i learned on thursday after the election. two days later. i say oh, that's interesting, thursday after the election. did any of your crew know before then? and if so, why didn't they tell you? oh, these -- this is how in journalism school when i went there in boston university that's how you ask a question. it's gone. that's why it's a total waste of time, kristen, am i wrong. >> i do think he was pushed a little harder than you are giving some o
if i'm in the washington press corps you know this press conference is a lot different than that because i basically say, mr. president, i'm a simple man, you know, i always start it with that to be humble. when did you know about -- president, when did you know about cia cia director petraeus' situation. what day? what hour did you know? if he dose it's under investigation i can't tell you. i go oh phooey phooey. that doesn't impede on any investigation. it's a question between bill and...
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tonight, washington is reeling after one of the nation's top intelligence officials abruptly resigns. i'm liz cheney, in tonight for sean. the director of central intelligence, david petraeus stepped down, citing an extra-marital affair. after being married over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment, by engaging in an extra-marital affair. such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and the leader of an organization, such as ours. general petraeus, one of america's most respected and decorated military leader, served as the agency's head since april of last year. tonight, fox news has learned that the woman petraeus had an affair with is paula broadwell, who wrote a biography on petraeus, called "all in." their relationship was uncovered by the fbi, during an investigation unrelated to this matter. miss broadwell was interviewed on this very program in march. >> i love david petraeus. how well did you get to know him? >> pretty l. i spent 3 years, that started as my dissertation and became a book. i was imbedded into the headquarters and followed him around and gathered stra
tonight, washington is reeling after one of the nation's top intelligence officials abruptly resigns. i'm liz cheney, in tonight for sean. the director of central intelligence, david petraeus stepped down, citing an extra-marital affair. after being married over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment, by engaging in an extra-marital affair. such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and the leader of an organization, such as ours. general petraeus, one of america's most respected and...
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before the polls open across the country from syndicated columnist charles krauthammer who joins us from washington, d.c. good evening, charles. a lot of talk about paths to victory possibly for governor romney. what do you see? >> talk about how difficult and narrow the romney path is. it's not. you have to start with one thing. you have to keep the solid south. i have every confidence he will win in florida and north carolina and virginia. if he doesn't win the south, he won't win elsewhere anyway. if you start with that assumption, which i do, then he has three paths. he can do ohio, ohio plus new hampshire. new hampshire is a dead heat. ohio is close. but there intensity with romney. and also republicans tend to be undercounted in the pols anyway. if romney does that, he wins. if not ohio, he can do it through colorado plus wisconsin. colorado is a dead heat. wisconsin, he is behind. but wisconsin is solidly republican for the last two years through the midterm and three le calls. they're organized and they have intensity and a favorite son paul ryan. if obama doesn't win any of the states you
before the polls open across the country from syndicated columnist charles krauthammer who joins us from washington, d.c. good evening, charles. a lot of talk about paths to victory possibly for governor romney. what do you see? >> talk about how difficult and narrow the romney path is. it's not. you have to start with one thing. you have to keep the solid south. i have every confidence he will win in florida and north carolina and virginia. if he doesn't win the south, he won't win...